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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 6, 2013 1:58:29 GMT -8
Video of CCGS Cape Calvert, a motorized lifeboat seen by me at the coast guard station at West Bamfield, BC.
The video shows the 'Calvert moving from the wharf to the channel, and then attaching a zodiac as a tow.
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Post by Scott on Sept 10, 2013 9:51:25 GMT -8
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/09/10/north-chopper-crash.htmlSad day for the Coast Guard. A helicopter crash has claimed 3 lives from the CCGS Amundsen. The Commanding Officer, Helicopter pilot, and scientist have been identified. Most of you probably know about this, but the Discovery Channel has a good documentary under the series "Mighty Ships" (available free online) on the Amundsen and it's crew and the dangers they face every day. The helicopter pilot on the episode is the same one that CBC has reported is one of the victims. - John H
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Post by Nick on Oct 8, 2013 14:20:19 GMT -8
A brighter spot of news, both for the Coast Guard and BC Shipyard workers. www.theprovince.com/news/Coast+guard+orders+additional+ships+from+North+Vancouver+Seaspan+shipyard/9007278/story.htmlNORTH VANCOUVER — A North Vancouver company that won a federal shipbuilding contract two years ago is going to get even busier after being awarded a contract to build up to 10 more non-combat ships for the Canadian Coast Guard, the government announced Monday. The $3.3-billion project is in addition to the seven non-combat vessels that Seaspan Shipyards is already slated to build after being awarded an $8-billion deal by the federal shipbuilding procurement project in October 2011. Federal Public Works Minister Diane Finley, who made the announcement at the North Vancouver shipyard on Monday, called the now $38-billion procurement project an "unprecedented investment" by the government. She said the project will see the shipping industry generate $2 billion a year in economic benefits for Canadians. "By economic benefits, what I really mean is good, skilled jobs, and even better ... it is at last bringing some long-term stability to this industry," she told a crowd gathered at the Seaspan's North Vancouver's shipyard. "Those boom-and-bust cycles that have long plagued the Canadian shipbuilding industry are already becoming a thing of the past." Finley added that the industry is expected to generate more than 15,000 jobs over the next 30 years, including jobs in steel manufacturing, information technology and defence systems. As part of the $3.3-billion project, Seaspan will construct up to five so-called medium-endurance vessels that are about 65 metres in length. They will be used for various coast guard programs such as the deployment, recovery and maintenance of aids to navigation, Finley said. Up to another five offshore patrol ships will also be built for fisheries protection, search and rescue and environmental response. The North Vancouver shipyard is already preparing to build other non-combat vessels for the Coast Guard, including a polar icebreaker, an offshore oceanographic science vessel, and offshore fisheries science vessels. Seaspan President Brian Carter said the company is currently undergoing a $200-million infrastructure upgrade, and construction of the first offshore fisheries science vessel will begin next October. "In our shipyard office, about 70 men and women are working hard to complete the engineering, procurement, detail, design and planning for the first ship that will be built under the (shipbuilding) program," he said. Carter said he expects his current workforce to expand to a thousand people over the next few years. Irving Shipyard in Halifax was also awarded a $25-billion contract in 2011 to build 21 combat vessels. Like Seaspan, the Halifax shipyard is also undergoing renovations to prepare for ship construction. The federal shipbuilding project includes some smaller vessels that Finley says will be completed separately.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 8:50:28 GMT -8
Article on the DFO website regarding the replacement vessel of the hovercraft Penac. It looks very similar to the Siyay."Ministers Shea and Wong Announce the Arrival and Name of a New Hovercraft." Photo and article here
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 1, 2013 21:06:20 GMT -8
CCGS Bartlett, seen by me in Nootka Sound, in July 2013. - She was servicing navigational markers. - I was headed for Friendly Cove on the Uchuck-III
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 29, 2014 12:34:25 GMT -8
CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier seen from the NorAd in waters between Bella Bella & Cape Calvert - 29 January 2014. This is, of course, the Coast Guard vessel that came to the assistance of the Queen of the North in March 2006. photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 30, 2014 20:32:59 GMT -8
Research ship CCGS W.E. Ricker seen at Departure Bay in evening of March 30, 2014 - with Queen of Cowichan - at the Pacific Biological research station - heading to the middle of the bay to drop anchor there to do some work. --------- ship information H E R E
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 30, 2014 21:06:45 GMT -8
Research ship CCGS W.E. Ricker seen at Departure Bay in evening of March 30, 2014 - with Queen of Cowichan - at the Pacific Biological research station You neglected to mention the cameo appearance by a trio of Canada Geese & various other aquatic avian species .
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 30, 2014 21:10:00 GMT -8
You neglected to mention the cameo appearance by a trio of Canada Geese & various other aquatic avian species . There were also several Goldeneye ducks in the neighbourhood. A nice evening to be outside and enjoy the activity at the bay.
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Post by Mike C on Mar 31, 2014 8:27:08 GMT -8
Thanks for those, FH. The W. E. Ricker has been making her way around these past few weeks - last week she was in and around Blubber Bay. I was hoping someone was going to get some photos.
On a side note, what a great evening it turned out to be, as shown in your takes. Mike H and I were on the 9 PM Oak Bay after spending the day in Comox and Powell River - while Metro Van was soaked, the island and northern Sunshine Coast seemed to enjoy a large heat-emitting yellow orb.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 1, 2014 19:27:10 GMT -8
A few more of CCGS W.E. Ricker, at Nanaimo on March 30, 2014 - see at Departure Bay in the evening Various angles that I haven't seen before, as she parades in front of me. - leaving Pacific Biological Station, heading for the middle of the bay With Newcastle Island in the background Showing the whale ramp at her stern She's dropped anchor
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 2, 2014 6:00:54 GMT -8
A video of mine, shot in the evening on March 30, 2014 at Departure Bay beach, Nanaimo.
Featuring Queen of Cowichan and CCGS W.E. Ricker. The 'Ricker was roaming the Georgia Strait area for a few days, and during my evening visit she started out moored at the Pacific Biological Station dock. Then, at the same time as the "Traffic Delayed" 'Cowichan was leaving Departure Bay, the 'Ricker left its mooring and moved to the middle of the bay to drop anchor there.
So this video has footage of both ships separately and in the same frame.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 20, 2014 17:10:09 GMT -8
CCGS Neocaligus is the baby of the coast guard's west coast scientific fleet. She is a "near to shore fisheries vessel" and is based at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo's Departure Bay. Here she is, seen by me on April 12, 2014
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 26, 2014 20:56:01 GMT -8
CCGS Arrow Post, in her final year of service. She will likely be replaced by one of the new "Hero Class" mid-range ships in 2015. - seen at Nanaimo on Oct 26, 2014.
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Post by timmyc on Oct 28, 2014 12:04:52 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2014 14:36:34 GMT -8
That is good news. I didn't realize they were that far along in the process for the first ships. However, I'm not sure that Seaspan has actually agreed on a contract price for the specific ships. I thought the situation was still that they've been awarded the "selection" as the yard to do the work, but that any individual ship contracts were not yet negotiated or finalized. Perhaps this ceremonial first-cut will be followed by a few years of inactivity? ---------- The only contract that I can see (per Seaspan's "New" page on their website) is from February 2013, re preliminary design work HERE - Feb 2013As far as I can tell, there is not yet a contract to build the ships have have just been ceremonially started. Tim: I defer to your expertise on this.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 28, 2014 15:32:13 GMT -8
It sounds as if this 'steel-cutting' is just for show, i.e. politics as usual.
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Post by timmyc on Oct 28, 2014 15:50:39 GMT -8
I'm surprised it came so soon as well. As I showed in my photo tour of the Seaspan yard, the only work I saw earlier this month was some small sections of the cable ferry. I didn't expect NSPS work to begin until at least all of the sub-assemblies for the cable ferry had been completed (since that's the first building in which steel is processed). But maybe it's more efficient for them to cut the steel for both (or more) at the same time even if assembling the larger blocks won't happen for another year. I recall from the tour that they're really trying to standardize procedures and approaches for the ships, even between different classes.
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Post by Nick on Oct 28, 2014 17:59:15 GMT -8
The construction plan for these new ships is to build them in modules, similar to how the FSG ships were built. From what I've heard through the rumour mill is that they plan to build one module for the first OFSV as a test module, as a check for their manufacturing processes. IF this module works properly, it will be included in the final build; if it's a colossal failure, they might try again. I had heard, however, that the test module had been planned for July/August this year, but I never saw any confirmation that it actually happened.
If I recall correctly, the first OFSV should be the replacement for the W.E. Ricker in Western region's fleet.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 18:54:03 GMT -8
It sounds as if this 'steel-cutting' is just for show, i.e. politics as usual. And it appears the 2015 election campaign has unofficially begun...
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Post by vintageccg on Oct 28, 2014 20:07:34 GMT -8
I represent a Facebook page that provides a historical look at the Canadian Coast Guard: Vintage CCG on Facebook.com I would be interested in accessing the images that were posted above by lmtengs. The links appear to be dead. If anybody wants to know about the history of the R-Class SAR Cutters such as CCGC Ready and her sisters, the Vintage CCG site has many details including images. And btw, the photo of the wreck on Brooks Peninsula is NOT the Ready but is in fact her sister ship CCGC Rider. For anybody who wants to exchange photos and stories, please look us up at www.facebook.com/pages/Vintage-Canadian-Coast-Guard-CCG/210640229050495?ref=hlThanks! Vintage CCG
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2014 20:12:21 GMT -8
I represent a Facebook page that provides a historical look at the Canadian Coast Guard: Vintage CCG on Facebook.com I would be interested in accessing the images that were posted above by lmtengs. The links appear to be dead. If anybody wants to know about the history of the R-Class SAR Cutters such as CCGC Ready and her sisters, the Vintage CCG site has many details including images. And btw, the photo of the wreck on Brooks Peninsula is NOT the Ready but is in fact her sister ship CCGC Rider. For anybody who wants to exchange photos and stories, please look us up at www.facebook.com/pages/Vintage-Canadian-Coast-Guard-CCG/210640229050495?ref=hlThanks! Vintage CCG Welcome ! The broken-link images from former forum member "lmtengs" were broken because something changed with his photo-host, and he never bothered to correct or update his old post links. - so there's nothing we can do to access them.
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Post by vintageccg on Oct 28, 2014 20:16:29 GMT -8
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Post by vintageccg on Oct 28, 2014 20:20:05 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 1, 2014 21:16:07 GMT -8
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